A prognostication for the yere of Christ Jesus our Lord & Sauiour, 1566 wherein are declared dyuers notable thinges, as you shal perceaue by the readyng therof : whiche (if God so permit) ar like to come to passe ... / set forth by John Securis ...

¶ Of the first part or reuo∣lution of this yere, 1566. con∣teyning the one half of y^e Astronomical yere, being the .xi. day of Marche at noone, & so ending the .xiii. of Septēber, ••bout .viii. of y^e clock after noon.

AFter that I had well vie∣wed and cōsidered, y^e face of the heauens, at the en∣trance of the Sunne into the E∣quinoctiall vernal point (whiche is the first scruple or minute of Aries) I founde the wytty, subtil ••nd ……e planet Mercury, to 〈…〉〈…〉 well of the ascendent ••s 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••he first reuolution. Of the whiche reuolutiō. the Sunne as a mighty lorde and kyng, chalē∣geth some part with him. I foūd

also, that stoute sturdy furious Mars, to occupy, yea rather by violence to withhold the chiefest part of all the horoscope▪ that is the East angle, being the first in order of all the .xii. houses in y^e a∣stronomicall figure, which house also concerneth mans lyfe, from his birth vnto his liues ende.

I founde also Iupiter, that ex∣cellent and beneficiall planete, (who for his inestimable bene∣fits and vpright dealinge, were worthy of al honor, and to haue y^e best place in y^e celestial scheme: But alas, like as vpright, plain, and true dealyng men, are nowe a dayes litle set by, and nothyng regarded in the worlde: Euen so

alas, I say alas is Iupiter thrust downe, and as it were forsaken, by the permission of God for a tyme. I founde Iupiter I saye, placed in the lowest part of al the fygure. And to increase also the more his infortune, he is as well now retrograde, as he was the last yeare, and occidentall of the sonne. The best comfort he hath is, that the gentyll and frendly, lady Venus hath lent him a lod∣gyng for a space, & yet that is no lōger then y^e beginnyng of May: for then he must go a maying for one moneth and more, vntyll he returne agayne the .vi. daye of Iune, whiche beyng ones retur∣ned, wyll then take hart of grace,

and be bolde to continue & walke in his frende Venus her house, vntyl it be the .22. of Nouēber.

Consideryng also with my self the preuention goinge before, in the v. daye o•• Marche, the Moone beyng in the house of Mercury, beynge also saluted the next mo∣rowe after, with the quartyle a∣spect of fyery Mars, not to her cō¦tentation. The Sunne also be∣ing in a quartyle aspecte with Mars: I can not perceaue, but that muche mysery and trouble wyll happen in this Reuolutiō, as nowe I wyll in particular more largely declare.

Mars being in the ascendēt, in

a septentrional signe portendeth a certayn earthquake to happen this yere, either in England, or els in some countrey nighe adia∣cēt, and specially about the latter end of the sommer: it wil cause al¦so seldome rayne. I gather also, Ex tali eius situ, that muche cruel∣nes, extortion, vsury, contentiō, and suche lyke horrible vices, are lyke to reigne among men, cau∣sing therby many, to be very pē∣sife, and full of anguyshe and so∣rowe. For many wil be ready to scratche out other mennes eyes, for to take & rauish their goodes. And other that can not so violēt∣ly take thē, shal assay by al craft and subtil policie, to conuey thē

away into their handes. Wher∣by gods plagues ar lyke to come vpō vs. Therfore O ye extortio∣ners, O ye vnsatiable vsurers, al ye vnmerciful, gredy, & couetous ryche men, take hede, take hede, repent, for it is more than hyghe tyme. Praesto est dies Domini, dies irae O calamitatis, dies illa tremenda & a•• mara ualde. Dum dies est igitur & tem¦pus habemus, operemur bonum, quia quando nox ue nit. i. post mortem, nemo poterit operari.

The forsayd Mars placed in y^e signe of Cancer, signifieth so∣deyn shipwrackes, by occasion of great & sodein blastes of windes: also strife, contention, and warre in the west partes: impositions

of subsydies & newe paymentes, dyuers diseases: for Mars is lord of the vi. house, as hotte agues, pleuresies, squinances, inflama∣tions, head ache, meigrym, peyn in the stomack, in the smal guts, in the back and sydes, and vlce∣ratiōs in y^e matrice, priuy partes and fundment: also great heate, and litle rayne, no great store of butter. Item, the death of cattel, and all other beastes, but chiefly of horses: The water of welles to be very lowe, for lacke of suf∣ficient sprynges. And that the vulgar people and husbandmen, shalbe dylygent and carefull a∣bout theyr own busynes. They hadde nede so. I perceaue by the

lorde of this reuolution, and the trine aspect of the Sunne to the Moone, that marchantes and all other occupiers, and craftsmen, shal haue some better gaynes thē they were wonte to haue of late yeres, and that as well by lande as by sea. Also wyse and learned men, serthes, registers, secreta∣ries, astronomers, and chyldren, shall prosper better thē they were wont to doe: besides that there is lyke to be muche store of fyshe.

As concernyng warre, I per∣ceaue that Mars placed in the as∣cendent, beynge also septentrio∣nall & direct, hauyng no lesse then fyue dignities in Cancer: hathe arm••d hymselfe from toppe to toe, ready to enter into the field,

and wyl do what he can, to bring the people out of quiet: yet not withstanding, they of Mercurius side (whom I take to be certayne wyse and politike men, and am∣bassadors, doctors, scribes, mar∣chauntes, & other learned men,) wil so, I hope, hādle the matter that they shall scone represse the stoute inuasion and furious en∣terprise of Mars. For although he should rage neuer so muche at the beginning: yea. May beynge ones entred, approchinge to the 28. degree of Cancer: he shoulde haue for recompence, a foule sha∣mefull fall.

Iupiter being retrograde and occidentall, hauyng no aspect w^t

the lord of the reuolution, decla∣reth sorowe, muche care & feare to fall vpon the people. And also muche debate and strife in the lawe, for matters concerning in∣heritance, successions, landes, goodes, and debtes, lefte by the dead. In whiche thynges not a fewe shall loase their righte, and shall not be able to prosecute the lawe.

Mercurius placed in the .ix. house, sheweth, that certayne wytty, politike, and learned mē, with the helpe of the higher po∣wers, shall go about to establish matters in religiō: yet Iupiter being retrograde in the fourthe house, semeth to be an occasion,

that all thynges shall not so well goe forwarde, as the Mercuria∣listes woulde haue it. The same testifyeng also the wyly and flat∣teryng trine aspect of Mars vnto the sayde Mercurie. To whome Mars is alwayes mortall enne∣mye. Whyche thyng to be true, the very phylosophers haue al∣wayes testified, by this prouerbe Nihil Marti cum Musis. Mercuriales autem prae caeteris musarum cultores sunt.

As touchyng Saturne, thys generall rule is alwayes to bee noted, (of the whiche somewhat I spake in my last yeares Prog∣noslication) that as often as he is founde in a fire signe, and speci∣ally

in Leo: he declareth morta∣litie, with penury of corn, grasse, of dyuers fruites, sedes, flowers herbes, and rootes.

Also corruption of the ayre, grosse mystes, darke and cloudy wether, with some earthquake in the east partes. And because he is Septentrionall and Re∣trograde, sygnifyeth also greate showres of rayne, corruption and destruction, as well of the great mennes goodes, as of the goodes of common people, and of marchantes: pestilence, and ••yuers other long and greuous diseases. Also dissention & muche strife betwene brothers. Sol in x. constitutus, Reg••••ae honorem exal∣tationem,

eiusque gloriam atque profectii signat. By the position of Ve∣nus, I fynd, that muche trouble dissention and hatred, shall bee caused through certain women, and chiefly by those that be of the baser sorte, and scarsly reputed honest. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 autē in 6. domicilio caeli sheweth the rancor and discorde of certain fathers, the gayne of grasiers and horscorsers, and al∣so health to the body, sauing that Mars is lyke to haue the vpper hand in this poynt, as is sayde afore. I perceiue that excapito daa conis in scorpione, the meaner sorte of people, shall haue cause to re∣ioyce, by occasion of some good luck that shal happē vnto them.

But the lighter sort are lyke to fele some trouble & sorow. Also is signified discētiō, warre, woūds, and much fornicatiō with deceit. And that al kynde of beastes (ex∣cept those y^t be rydden shal much increace. Seruantes also shal in∣erece, I meane, that there shal be many many mo seruantes then was wont to be. God graunt y^t thei be true & good, I would mo∣ney wold increase as well amōg the poore commons. But of the increase I can finde nothyng by my calculatiō. Cauda draconis n.12. posita, declareth som aduersite, to y^e greater kynd of beastes & smal power to the enemies.

Hactenus de priori reuolutione.